Sanitary revolving bath-brush.



` H. R. WESLEY. SANITARY REVOLVING yBATH BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I9. 191,5.

1,191,860. patented Ju1y18,1916.

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SANITARY aEvotyI-NG alarms-BUSH.

To @ZI/whom# may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD R. WESLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Revolving Bath-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and usefull improvements in bath brushes, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby the brush is continuously rotated and supplied with freshwater when in use.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a revolving bath brush which e is simple and inexpensive in its construction, which is so constructed as to utilize the flow of water tothe brush head for rotating the latter, which is self cleaning and willalways remain in a sanitary condition, whichcanibe conveniently handled and manipulated', and which is invigorating in its use.

VWith these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, thel novel features thereof being pointed out intheappended claims.

For` a full understanding of the invention,

vreference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in whichz` l Figure 1 is a side elevation of a revolving bath brush constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig.- 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view vthrough the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view, the revolving brush plate being removed and portions being broken away and shown in section. Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe brush plate'with the bristles removed, the paddle wheel being shown by dotted lines.v Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the handle.

Correspondingiand like parts arereferred to in thefollowing description and indicated i in all the views of the drawings by the same sof reference -chz'uyacters l i Specifically describing the present embodiment ofthe invention, nate's the handle whichhas an elongated formation andl maybe constructed vof wood orother similar material. The exterior of the handle is shown' as provided with-a seriesA of annular enlargements so thatit car-'i be firmly specincation of Lettera raient.

the numeral 1 desig- Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed August 19, 1915.` .serial No. 46,243.

grasped by the hand, while a water pipe 2 extends longitudinally through the handle, being arranged atone side of the axis of the handle. One end of the water pipe 2 projects beyond the'free end of the handle and has a flexiblev water supply tube .3

slipped thereon., while the opposite end ofy the water pipe 2 is threaded in the end of a water passage 4 provided in the head 5 and entering the'paddle wheel chamber 6 thereof on a tangent.

The head 5, as well as the other metal parts of the bath brush, is preferably Dconstructed of some light material such as aluminum. A neck .5a projects laterally from one side of the head 5i and terminates in a sleeve 5b which is fitted over the end of the `handle 1 and' perm'anently connected .thereto by suitable fastening members such as the screws 7. The body portion of the head has substantially the shape of a flat cylinder, being formed with a cylindrical chamber 6 which opens through the top of the head, the lmouth of the chamber being rabbeted at 6a, while a pivotfpost 8 projects centrally from the base therenf., The paddle wheel 9 is mounted Ito rotate within the cylindrical chamber 6, being formed with a cup shapedhub 9e having y.aseries of blades 9b projecting radially therefrom. The cup shaped hub 9a is open at' the top thereof, and projecting upwardly from the center of the cup shaped hub is a bearing sleeve 10 which is adapted to receive the before mentioned are constructed to just clear the sides and bottom of the chamber 6 and to `provide a series of water buckets between the same.

The bristles 11 are carried by and project from a circular plate 12 which is secured to the top of thepaddle wheel 9 and serves to close the cylindrical chamber 6 of -the head 5, the edges of the brush plate being received within the rabbeted mouth 6a of, the cha-mpivot post 8 of the head 5. yThe blades 9b Y ber 6. Suitable fastening members such as and paddle wheel are held against displacement, although they are free to rotate aboutv the pivot post as a center. Y

The revolving brush plate l2 is provided with a number of radially extending series of water outlet openings 16 which con1n1unicate with the spaces or buckets between the adjacent blades'9b of the paddle wheel. It will be observed that each series of openings 16 is located adjacent the front edge of that one of the blades 9b which is at the rear end ot' the pocket or bucket as the paddle wheel rotates. It will also be observed that the blades 9b of the paddle wheel are inclined and arranged at an angle to the brush plate '12, the edges of the blades remote from the y brush plate being in advance of those edges of the blades adjacent the'brush plate as the brush revolves.

It will thus be obvious that as each one of the water pockets or buckets of the paddle wheel is brought into communication with the tangential water passage 4 of the head,v

the live water-entering the pocket will act upon the blades to give the paddle wheel an impulse in a. forward direction. As soon, however, as the water pocket or bucket has been rotated out of Communication With the tangential water passage 4 of the head, the

water which previously entered the same will become dead, and will flow through the outlet openings 16 of the brush plate into the spaces at the base of the bristles l1. rThe manner of inclining the-blades 9b of the paddle wheel and the arrangement of the outlet openings 1G adjacent the edges of the blades 9b at the rear sides of the Water pockets tend to forcibly expel the dead Water through the openings 16, so that the brush is both rotated and provided with a. continuous supply of fresh Water when in use.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent, is I 1.- A revolving bath brush, including a head formed With a cylindrical chamber which is open at one end thereof and has a water passage which enters the chamber tangentially, a pivot post projecting centrally into the chamber from the base thereof, a paddle Wheel formed with a hub 1nounted upon the pivot post and with radially projecting' blades arranged to clear the sides and bottom of the cylindrical chamber, a brush plate rigidly secured to the outer face of the paddle wheel and closing the open end of the cylindrical chamber, said brush plate having outlet openings therein, and tufts carried by and projecting Jfrom the brush plate.

2. A revolving bath brush including a head formed with a cylindrical chamber which is open at one end thereo'rl and is provided with a water passage which enters the chamber tangentially, a paddle wheel rotatably mounted within the cylindrical chamber and formed with a hub and radially projecting blades arranged to clear the sides and bottom of the chamber and be acted upon by lWater from the tangential passage, a brush plate, closing the open end of the cylindrical chamber and rigidly secured to the paddle Wheel, the blades of the paddle Wheel being inclined to the plane of the brush plate so that the rear edges of the blades are in advance of the forward edges thereof as the paddle Wheel rotates, and the brush plate being provided with a radial series of Water outlet openings arranged just in advance of the forward edge of each of the blades of the paddle -Wheel so that dead Water from the pockets between the paddle Wheel blades Will'be forced through the outlet openings of the brush plate as the paddle Wheel rotates.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

Roscoe GALLOWAY, MARY E. KLosTnR. 

